Thursday, September 25, 2008

Pagan/Gay Rights Pioneer John Burnside Has Moved On

Here's news of the passing of John Lyon Burnside, gay rights activist and co-founder of the radical faeries, from over at The Wild Hunt.

Wow, he was in his 90s and has had such an impact on the GLBT and pagan communities. For me, his legacy is one of joy and play in life, of embracing your otherness as celebrating it, whatever it may be.

I love this crazy picture of Burnside--what a character. We should all be so unafraid.

Thank you, John, for helping me recover my own spirit. I hope that I can carry on that legacy.

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